Doorcheck



S. HAMMER Dec. l5, 1931.

INVENTOR. #120725562 Jafz me? ma b@ /A'A ATT NEY DooRcHEcK Filed May l, 1931 Patented Dec. 15, 1931 y IAfrlezlar opl-*ica d SAMUEL Hmm 0F BROOKLYN,'NEW YRK, ASYSIGN'OR TO UN-TED`METAL BOX O0.

i INC., OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, A. GORPORATION lOF: NEWYORK struction and may be easily .Doononnox l `plana-.111011 inea may 1r 1931, yseria No. 534,163.'

This invention relates to cabinets ,and simil larstructures,and more particularly to medicine cabinets and the like.

The primaryobjectandfpurpose of my present improvements is `to "provide the hingedly mounted fdo'or lof "such a cabinet with means which will yieldingly stop or limit the opening movement of the door to a position inlri ht Aangular relation to the plane Aof the ca inet body.

It is a more particular object of the invention to provide such a' limiting means forthe opening swinging movement of thedoor embodyingia movable member mounted on one wall of thecabinetlbodyf and'spring means cof acting therewith and yieldably resisting movement "of saidv member in 'one direction, and a-slotted link having a slidable connection with'said member and a' pivotalconnec- .1 tion with the -inner face of the cabinet door.

,It is another impiortantY objectof'the inf vention to provide a device for. the above purpose, the'partsfof which are of simpleconassembled in connection with the'cabinet. ody and the door.

and which will operate to minimize-excessive= strain onthe slidable stop-link, or the door part with which it is connected as well asthe hinge connections between-said door and the Y cabinet body.

With the above andfother objects in'l view, the inventionconsistsin theI improved cabinet, and in "the `form, construction' andv rela-V tivearrangement of its several parts as will bev hereinafter more fullyV described, illusentv improvements, andffinwhich similar reference characters designate. Corresponding` parts throughout the severalviews,

Figure 1 is atop plan viewpartly. broken away, andVv illustrating in Vdotted lines the positions of the iparts when'the cabinet door is i forced 4beyond itsnormal fullopen position', Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken on the line QWZLOLFig. 1, and j Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken on the line 3--3 of Fig. 1. A

Referring in detail tothe drawings, ther cabinet body 5 maybe of the usual heavy pressed sheet metal constructionl as generally employed in-'medi'cine cabinets such as are installed in bath rooms. In the illustrated embo'dimentof the invention,` I have shown this cabinet bodyv provided upon'its side, bottom and'top walls at the `front open side of..v thel cabinet with the flan e 6. The body of the cabinet extends into ,t e usual opening or mortise provided in the face., of thebuilding wall, while the edges' of the flange 6 abut closely against the faceof the wall aroundV said opening.

VUpon thelange 6 at one side of the cabinet body, the doorl 7 is hingedly mounted as indicated at 8. lThis door, which needV not be Vherein'described inldetail, is quite heavy, and

carriesl in `its front side Va.]suitable mirror, usually extending overjthe entire area of the door. "Th-is'mirror is confined or`retained in the doorlframe byr aback plate -9 Aoffsheet metal.

Totheback plate9of the door near itsupper end andfadjacent its hinged edge a bracketlO is rigidly fixed or secured in `anyI suitable manner. To this bracket, one end of the link 11E having a longitudinally extending slot 12 is pivotally connected by the rivet 13.` This slotted link has a slidable'connectionv with a yieldinglyl held movable member mounted on one Awall of the cabinet body. Inv the illus#Y tra-tedembodimentof my invention, Irhavel shown this movablemember inthe formV 'of a lever 14 which extends transverselyupon the g upper side of the top wall of the cabinet body.

y f y. As` a sim le and ractical ineansforinount` 1n the drawings, wherein I have Shownone p p simpleand practical embodiment of my pres-V ing this movableA lever, I provide the cover or housing 4plate 15 having flanged or oset opposite edges welded or otherwise permanently secured to the cabinet wall.V A stud orY projection 16 Ais punched from the housing plate-adjacent the rear end thereofV andV is loosely engaged'in an opening-17 provided inone endfof the lever 14,whereby said lever may have a vpivotal'movement. between the top wallof the cabinet and the plate'15." This leverf'is yieldingly heldl in a normal position closed positions.

this disadvantage of the fixed limiting stop for the movement of the link 11, is overcome, I'

by means of a suitable spring 18 which is arranged between one edge of said lever and one of the side flanges on the housing plate 15. The forward edge of this housing plate is provided with a downwardly extending stop lug 19 which limitspivoting movement of the lever 14 against the action of the spring 18.

The other end of the lever 14 projecting forwardly from the housing plate carries a pin 20 extending downwardly therefrom and preferably provided intermediate of its ends with an annular flange or collar 21 moving in a slot 22 formed in the top wall of the cabinet body 5. I prefer to thread the upper end of this pin to receive a separate collar 21 and form said pin at its lower end withan integral head 23. Thus, in assembling, the pin 21 may be readily inserted upwardly through the slot 12 of lever 11 and the slot 22 in the -wall of the cabinet, after which the collar 21 threaded upon said pin, and the end of the lever 14 then engaged upon the upper end of the pin and held in connection therewith by the nut 24. However, it will be understood ,gg tween said link and lever.

In the operation of the device as above described, and from reference to Fig. 1 of the drawings, it will beunderstood that'when the door 7 is in its full normal open position, it

fi Aextends outwardly at substantially right an- 'gles tothe plane of the wall face and the cabinet body' 5. When such a door is swung open with considerable force, if its movement to such position is definitely limited by a fixed stop, the hinge connection between the door and the cabinet and the connection between the link 11 and the back plate of the door will be `placed under excessive strain which mayresultV in breaking or shearing of the rivet connection 13 or bending or distortion of the back plate 9 of the door, as well as distortion of the hinge connections 8 which might seriously interfere with the free swinging movement of the door to its kopen and By means of my invention,

and in the event that the door is swung open with considerable violence, when the link 11 K; reaches the limitof its movement relative to '1 will be swung laterally against the resistance of the spring 18 to the distance permitted by the length of the slot 22. Thus, it will be apparent that such further movement of the door beyond theright angular position with respect to cabinet will be yieldingly cush- .v 3- A door check comp ioned so that the parts of the door structure and the sliding link connection between the door and lever 14 as well as the hinge connections 8 will be relieved of excessive strains.

From the foregoing, the construction and several advantages of my present improvements will be fully and clearly understood. It will be seen that I have devised a very simple means for protecting the door structure Van ditsmounting against possible serious damage due to abusive use. The device as herein described consists of relatively few mechanical parts of simple form which ob'- viously may be very readily assembled in the manufacture of such cabinets and therefore, will. not appreciably add to the cost of such cabinets as heretofore produced in the art. I have found the device as above described to be very effective and reliable in its operation. Nevertheless, it is to be understood that in the adaptation of my invention to cabinets of various forms for different purposes, certain changes inthe 'form and arrangement of the several cooperating element-s may be required. It is accordingly to be understood that in practice, I reserve the privilege of incorporating the essential features of the invention in such other alternative mechanical structures as may be fairly consideredwithin the spirit and scope of theapp'ended claims.

I claim: i f

l. In combination with a supporting Wall and a housing plate secured V,to said wall, a lever projecting at one of its ends beyond one end of the housing plate, a` pivotal connection between theother end of the housing plate and said lever, a spring arranged between the housingplate and the wall and coacting with said lever to yieldingly hold the Vsame against pivotal 'movement from a norstop member on the opposite side of said wall with respect to said lever and adapted to be pivotally connected at one of its ends to a door, whereby said spring held lever will be pivotally moved to resistingly limit movement of said link in one direction relative to thefsupporting wall. I i

2. In a door stop, a housing plateadapted to be secured to a supporting wall, a lever pivotally mounted at one of its ends on said housing plate andprojecting beyond an edge thereof, a stud fixed in the other end vof said lever, a link for limiting the opening movement of the door slidably connected with said stud, and spring means coacting with the lever to resist pivotal movement of the same in one directionA and yieldingly resist relative pivotal movement between the lever andY the link to check Vthe .opening movement of the door.

means for pivotally mounting said lever at one of its ends upon a supporting Wall, a stud fixed in the other end of said lever, a link adapted to be pivotally connected at one end with said door and slidingly and pivotally movable on said stud, andspring means permitting of the unretarded sliding movement of the link relative to the stud in the opening of the door While yieldingly resisting relative pivotal movement between the lever and said link to yieldingly cheek movement of the door beyond a predetermined open position. v a

4. A door Check comprising a lever and means for pivotally mounting said lever at one of its ends upon a supporting Wall, a stud fixed in the other end of said lever to extend through a slot in the supporting Wall and positively limit pivoting movement of said lever on said Wall, a link adapted to be pivotally connected at one of its ends to a door and to extend at its other end on the opposite side of said supporting Wall With respect to said lever, said link having a slot in which said stud vis pivotally and slidably engaged, and spring means eoaeting With said lever permitting unretarded sliding movement of the link in one direction relative to said stud andthereafter yieldingly resisting relative pivotal movement between the link and said lever to yieldingly cheekmovement of the door beyond a predetermined open position. Y

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name hereto.

v SAMUEL HAMMER. p 

